WA Budget Passes With No New Taxes

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Lawmakers have approved a no-new-taxes transportation budget, continuing spending on existing big-ticket projects but no new ones. The $8.8 billion bill, passed yesterday, includes funding for the Alaskan Way Viaduct tunnel project, a replacement bridge for State Route 520 over Lake Washington and high-occupancy lanes on Interstate 5 in Tacoma.